MEETINGS

We discussed the problems we were having in our group to try and overcome them and make our group work together more efficiently. The problems included
- Too little paperwork being done
- More conversations and interactions over blogs needed
- Equipment needs to be used correctly
- Charlotte needs to arrive on time to shoots

These were the four main issues which we figured away to overcome. We allocated different paperwork for different members of the group, we decided to interact more over the blog to show the marker we are communicating well as a team, we decided we would make sure the tripod and camera is set up correctly before every shot, and Charlotte promised she would set her alarm earlier to arrive on time to shoots.

After a few more sessions of editing we noticed there was a lot to re-shoot. Our second shoot is going to be after school on wednesday. Things we need to consider are:
- First shot of the eyes: the camera should pull back to show the audience where the character is, becaure right now, they do not know whether or not she is in the same room as the TV
- The POV shot is too wobbly and needs to be more smooth as if it is from someones perspective
- The establishing shot is too long. There needs to be a few cutaways (maybe have a close up of Charlotte picking up the glass of wine)
- We don't understand why she is switching the TV off. To make it more realistic we could have her switching through the channels to find nothing good coming on TV and then switching it off (A close up of her hand switching the TV off can also be used here)
- In the fridge shot, the reaction shot and the frame within a frame shot do not match. We need to retake both these shots to make the continuity invisible and we need to oil the fridge door to prevent the squeakyness which distracts the audience.
- We need to have more conventional things in the fridge door, in place of carrier bags! Maybe a bottle of water.
- The POV shot of Charlotte through the window is too dark. We could use some outdoor high key lighting to make her more visible
- As she walks back into the house and goes to pick up the phone she, she uses her left hand, yet in the next shot the phone is in her right hand.
- As she goes up the stairs we could have another cutaway to her hand on the stair handle.
- We need to re-shoot the scenes with the phone, with the phone actually ringing as we realised it would be too hard to match the phone and sound together- We would loose the diagetic sound.
- There is a lack of lighting in the last shot, making it look very grainy and unprofessional. We will add more high key lighting to make the copy look of higher quality and more professional.

So there is quite a lot of re-shooting to be done but it should be finished by the end of this week so we can get on with serious editing next week!

Here is a page from the storyboard I drew for our group. It came in very handy as we knew exactly what shots to take and roughly how long they should last. It prevented us from wasting time and shooting un-necessary shots